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Friday, April 20, 2012

Menu De-Construction...SUBWAY!

Who doesn't love sandwiches? No one. Everyone's go-to sandwich/sub restaurant, Subway, advertises how people lose weight eating JUST their subs, and advertise with commercial jingles that get stuck in your head all day! ♪ 5...5 dollar...5 dollar foot lonnngg!♪ So, let's see if subway lives up to its "healthy" attraction!

So, it seems as though the "catch" with subway are the variety of condiments and extras one could add to the sandwich. ALL of the above sandwiches include 9-grain wheat bread (yay!), lettuce, onions, green peppers and cucumbers. NO CHEESE is listed above unless the sandwich has it in it already (like the cheesesteak).

Salads: Pretty good here. All salads have less than 400 calories. But be careful on the amount of dressing you use! Dressing tacks on a little over 50 cal per serving.

So, adding in extras:

EVERY SOUP has 310 calories. Every one.
Cheese (2 pieces) adds approx 20 calories to the sandwich.
Mayo adds 15 calories (this is for a teaspoon and we all know they lather way more than a teaspoon on there). Go for the light mayo..even though it has the same number of calories, it has over half the fat.
Tomato- 34 calories (but I like this one because of the nutritional value)
Pickles- 3 calories PER SLICE!

Overall, I gotta hand it to Subway. They have done a good job of keeping the majority of the menu heart healthy. Remember---Multigrain bread (unless you have an allergy, of course!), and keep the condiments to a minimum!